To You We Shall Return, Joseph M. Marshall III
To You We Shall Return, Joseph M. Marshall III
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To You We Shall Return
Lessons about Our Planet from the Lakota

Author: Joseph M. Marshall III

Narrator: Joseph M. Marshall III

Unabridged: 4 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2010

Synopsis

Part memoir, part cultural manifesto, To You We Shall Return offers a comparison between EuroAmerican attitudes, policies, and history regarding the natural environment to that of ancient native North American beliefs and practices in relating to and living with that same environment. Speaking from the cultural viewpoint of the Lakota of the northern Plains, the author discusses the evolution of native cultures to fit within the environment and adapt to it, as opposed to changing it drastically or wholesale to fit human needs and comforts. He suggests that changing our contemporary thinking in relating to the earth in a less harmful way does not mean a drastic change in lifestyles, but that revisiting the methods of adaptation to and coexistence with the earth will foster a renewed respect which will ultimately benefit mankind as well.

About Joseph M. Marshall III

Joseph M. Marshall III was born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota and holds a PhD from the reservation university, which he helped to establish. He is the award-winning author of ten books, and in 2023 was awarded the Owen Wister Award from the Western Writers of American. He has also won a “Nammy” Award, an AudioFile Earphones Award, and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He was named Best American Indian Fiction Writer by True West magazine in 2009. He has contributed to various publications and written several screenplays. His first language is Lakota, he handcrafts primitive Lakota bows and arrows, and he is a specialist in wilderness survival. His work as a cultural and historical consultant can be seen and heard on Turner Network Television and the Dreamworks epic television miniseries “Into the West.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ira

Audiobook, short but packed with insight. Narrated by Joseph, making it even better. Easy 5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

I thought this was an OK read. I enjoyed the personal anecdotes, especially about his parents and grand parents. He talked a lot about the history of the Native Americans before and after the arrival of the Europeans. Much of this history was review to me, especially the parts about those who occupi......more

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